Conference Session

ET Distance Learning: Instruction & Labs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorraine Stanton; David Murphy

personnel management alsopresent on-going challenges to fire service leadership. Additionally, there are multiplegenerations currently in the workplace. Old-time management theory based on authoritarianleadership is no longer effective in the modern fire service. In his 2000 text Fire ServicePersonnel Management, Steven Edwards states: “Today’s workforce doesn’t look, think, or actlike the workforce of the past, nor does it have the same values, experiences, or expectations”(p.19)3. He further summarizes by noting that if your fire service personnel managementpractices are based upon what worked well in the past, and then your organization is in for someserious confrontations. Long term strategic planning must take place in a proactive fire

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dustin Swanger; Guy Johnson

system. Thirteen affiliated universities have joined in a partnership to supportthis mission across the country. Plans to expand this network to include 2-year colleges andteacher education universities are described.The ProblemThere is a critical shortage of engineers and technologists entering the field at a time whentechnology is reinventing itself every few years. The accelerating pace of technological changein computer technology and communications has increased the demand for skilled workers infields already suffering from declining interest. In a report published by the Educational TestingService, Barton (2002), based on extensive job data from the Occupational Outlook Handbook,states that “employment in computer specialist occupations

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Rockland

patientenough after asking questions to students, and answer them without giving the students a chanceto answer. Use a one-minute silent time – after a few of these silent times, students start tobecome involved in the learning process.Instructor’s Promptness and Full Use of Class TimeTeaching is not just about helping students learn technical information; it is also about teachingstudents certain value systems. One of the most important values that are needed in theworkforce is being on time, and new faculty members have a responsibility to demonstrateproper behavior to students.If you are going to be late or absent, plan ahead, and let students know about this. While it mightsound ridiculous, since sickness cannot be predicted, many absences are due

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Annette George; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

options. The new Agreement has been expanded to include the following: • Faculty fellowships • Training and site visits to EPA facilities by MSU faculty and students • Supply of surplus equipment from EPA to MSU, to help meet the needs of current and planned education, research, and training programs • Seminars on opportunities for research grants, minority graduate/undergraduate fellowships, • How to partner with small business and other institutions.IntroductionMorgan State University (MSU) is one of the one hundred and fourteen (114) historically blackcolleges and Universities (HBCU) in the country. It is the designated urban university inMaryland charged with the mission of providing a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson

Criteria now requires that program constituentsare involved in the strategic planning process. In the Self-Study Questionnaire, the ABETdefinition of well-defined processes necessary to administer engineering programs is: “Processes for all elements of criteria are quantitatively understood and controlled; clearly tied to mission, program objectives, and constituent needs; seen as benchmarks by other institutions.”Using the current ABET Criteria, a program emphasis should now reflect participation byprogram constituents. Typical differences in constituents include, but are not limited to: • Number and interests of the faculty. • Amount and type of research. • Number and academic preparation of students

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Chimka; Teri Rhoads

obtained a new Deanof Engineering and, with the new Dean, began constructing a new strategic initiative. Thisinitiative underwent many transformations and continues to evolve. The vision of the College ofEngineering is “to produce engineering graduates sought first by industry and investors forexcelling in a rapidly changing, technology-driven world both as problem-solving engineers andtechnology managers in existing companies and as leaders in starting new, technology-basedcompanies.” The plan to fulfill this vision includes three main areas: enhanced education, relevantresearch, and top students. Also, the plan must determine how it will assess when the vision hasbeen met or how close/far away the vision remains. A discussion of the plan took

Conference Session

Educators on the Frontier

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Burris; Alfredo Soeiro

, Italy in 1998 and in Toronto, Canada in 2001. The 9thWorld Conference will take place on May 16-19 in Tokyo, Japan. The conference is hosted bythe Japanese Society for Engineering Education and Nihon University.Another important activity of IACEE is the support, mainly nominal, for projects related withCEE. Any member may propose a new project. The main contractor of a project should submit aproject description containing the following information: purpose, background, works plan,timetable, schedule, organization, personnel, budget and expected benefits. Preference is given toprojects, which build on successful results of previous work. The first-hand responsibility foreach project is handled by individual member organizations or

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

Page 7.617.1(piping networks). The operation of the system follows the fundamental laws of fluid mechanics.Subjects in undergraduate fluid mechanics, such as fluid properties, hydrostatic effects, variation of fluidpressure in pipes, piping networks, and pump and piping system characteristics, can be related toproblems from the cardiovascular system in human bodies. Moreover, using topics from human body toillustrate principles of fluid mechanics would arouse students’ interest because such topics are directlyrelated to their well-being and own experience.This paper will present a brief report on our effort in developing such an approach. The effort can bedivided into two stages. The first is the planning stage where we identified appropriate

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Dennis

. The scenario provides the basic functionalrequirements of the facility and a topographic map, which roughly delineates the propertyboundaries. Student teams are responsible for developing a functional site layout, planning asubsurface exploration program, selecting and designing shallow and deep foundations, locatingand designing retaining walls, and synthesizing all activities into a comprehensive geotechnicalreport to a client. The problem is completely open-ended, allowing the students to use asubstantial amount of individual creativity in their designs. However, the open nature canoverwhelm students who have no exposure to land development activities. To combat this,design teams of 3 or 4 students are selected on the basis of pairing

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Scanlon; Andrea Schokker

underway at Penn State University to integrate coursework in the areasof structural analysis, structural design, geotechnical engineering, and engineering materials. Thegeneral approach is to develop a theme project for which different aspects are covered in severalrelated courses. This paper describes the activities underway to integrate material in ourstructural analysis and structural design courses, as well as a plan to assess the impact of theapproach.I. IntroductionUndergraduate civil engineering curricula typically cover structural analysis and structural designin different courses. Analysis is often covered first with design being covered in later courses. Asa result students often do not see clearly the relationship between analysis and

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

influenced early by the thrill of engineering, which can last well into their college years.Over the past three years 320 grandparents and elementary students have specifically taken partin the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s efforts in bringing engineering to the young. Thebelief in creating a program that is both educational and fun was critical when planning anactivity for 8-12 year olds and their grandparents. The participants are engaged in learning aboutmechanical engineering, teamwork, and tower building. Details concerning the planning of theactivity, the educational value, the work that is accomplished by the participants; impressions ofthe faculty, staff, and graduate students; and plans for the future will be presented

Conference Session

CANCELLED: This session has been replaced by session W269 in room 223: Panel: Building Effective Pathways and Programs for Women and Minoritities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

and grouptutoring sessions as well as personal, professional and academic mentoring. Four of our six casestudy institutions also offered “living and learning” communities that used an all-inclusiveapproach to support student retention. For this panel session, we also examined if engineering seniors’ plans to work in oroutside of an engineering profession differed by gender and race/ethnicity. The P2P surveycontains three measures for this analysis, tapping students’ expectations that after graduationthey will: 1) be a practicing engineer in industry, government, or non-profit organization; 2)work in engineering management or sales; and 3) work outside engineering. We found thatwomen students were less likely than men to plan to be a

Conference Session

Panel on Recruiting and Retaining Women and Underrepresented Minority Students

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyun Kyoung Ro, Pennsylvania State University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York, Grove School of Engineering; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

and grouptutoring sessions as well as personal, professional and academic mentoring. Four of our six casestudy institutions also offered “living and learning” communities that used an all-inclusiveapproach to support student retention. For this panel session, we also examined if engineering seniors’ plans to work in oroutside of an engineering profession differed by gender and race/ethnicity. The P2P surveycontains three measures for this analysis, tapping students’ expectations that after graduationthey will: 1) be a practicing engineer in industry, government, or non-profit organization; 2)work in engineering management or sales; and 3) work outside engineering. We found thatwomen students were less likely than men to plan to be a

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

of narrative and evidence.Students complete the assignments in section one, plus one of the two other portfoliocomponents.Portfolio Components: 1. Assignments: i. Graduate Attributes Self-Assessment ii. Work Term Goal Setting and Action Plan Exercise iii. Monthly EIT records iv. Daily Logbook v. Supervisors Performance Appraisal vi. Career Planning Exercise 2. Narrative: Students will answer a series of questions related to each learning outcome. Or, 3. Technical Report combined with an annotated work sample demonstrating significant advancement with one attribute, can be in lieu of the narrative questions for one work

Conference Session

International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Albert Sanger, Western Carolina University; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy DUPE Ivanov

Tagged Divisions

International

) incorporates practicalexperience through intervals of practical experience in industry with an integrative capstoneproject.Present Issues within RussiaIt is not surprising that the substantial changes in the Russian system described above havecreated issues: some of perception and others of substance. 1) University education used to last for 5 years, now it is 4 years. New study plans are not just a compressed version of the old plans. They represent a change in the content of the education provided. There are new goals for a university education. Previously programs produced specialists with a narrow expertise, now degree programs produce a universal specialist who can work in any position which requires

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hildreth, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

a work breakdown structure and list of schedule activities; c. planning an appropriate sequence activities for a logical project work flow; d. estimating activity durations; e. applying appropriate methods to allocate and level schedule resources; and f. analyzing a project schedule and reporting project status.III. The knowledge and skills associated with project administration include: a. understanding project delivery processes; b. applying principles of construction law and ethics; c. understanding contractor licensing requirements and procedures; d. understanding lien and labor laws as applied to construction; e. identifying appropriate construction codes and regulations; f

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Ardis, Stevens Institute of Technology; David Budgen, Durham University, UK; Gregory W. Hislop, Drexel University; Renée McCauley, College of Charleston; Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 25.1131.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Revisions to Software Engineering 2004: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering1. Introduction
Software Engineering 2004: Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs inSoftware Engineering (SE 2004)1 is one volume in a set of computing curricula adopted andsupported by the ACM and the IEEE Computer Society. In order to keep the softwareengineering guidelines up to date the two professional societies established a review project inearly 2011. This paper describes that review effort and plans to revise the guidelines over thenext year and a half.2. Project
organization
The charge for

Conference Session

Engineering Education Ties and Engineering Programs in the Middle East and Latin America

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas J. Dimmitt, Petroleum Institute; Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute; David Moore, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

International

also taught in universities in Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Laos, Vietnam, and the USA.Dr. Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute Jaby Mohammed is a faculty at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He received his Ph.D. in Indus- trial engineering from University of Louisville (2006), master’s in industrial engineering from University of Louisville (2003), and also a master’s in business administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University (2001). His research interests include advanced manufacturing, design methodologies, Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, and enterprise resource planning. He previously taught at Indiana University- Purdue University, Fort Wayne in Indiana and at Morehead State University in Kentucky

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott D. Baldwin

Session 2425 A Successful Process Approach To Electronic Device Design Scott Baldwin Electrical Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State UniversityAbstractThis paper details the techniques and workflow methodology used in the instruction of anElectronic Circuit Design course. This course requires students with little to no designexperience to select a project, plan the work to be accomplished and then complete several keymilestones until a complete, packaged product is the end result. This course is targeted forsophomore and junior level

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric W. Johnson

Windows 95/98 or Windows NT. It can be run either from theCD-ROM or copied onto the hard drive and executed locally. There are plans to port the programto the MAC-OS in the future.II. Activity DescriptionThe main component in the program is the activities. Each activity is centered around anengineering principle. The principle may be a a fundamental law or a set of equations thatdescribes some engineering phenomenon. It is important to note that a person using the programdoes not need to understand the specific engineering principle utilized to be successful at a givenactivity. Each activity, however, does offer extra information that allows users to learn moreabout the science and mathematics involved with these principles. These information

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn L. Dull; A. George Havener

are given learning objectives,a tasking (to develop a plan for a manned research mission to Mars)1, and access to aninformation resource containing data and references on engineering, Mars, and problemsolving skills and tools. A series of mini-workshops and the information resource areused to initiate the problem solving skills-development. Initially, the informationresource was a collection of computer folders. Before long, however, the accumulation ofinformation in the folders made them hard to use, and during computer downtimes, theywere inaccessible.To improve the utility of the information resource, a web-page has been created. TheHomepage is shown in Fig. 1. Designed as a network of concept maps containinghyperlinks to information

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Taggart Smith

concerns regarding technology and society." 3Is the study of engineering management including these improvements? To answer this questionand to look at the "differences" in the discipline of engineering management (EM), I polled anassortment of practitioners familiar with field literature to find the most well-known programs. Ithen asked representatives from the programs to send their most recent plans of study. In thispaper I will look for similarities and differences in course requirements for popular programs inengineering management. The search theme is to discover the subject areas important in thepreparation of our discipline's graduates, especially the five areas of communication, business,creativity,teamwork, ethics, and international

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Pines

from master’s level programs in engineering and business, providinga rich mixture of backgrounds for analysis and discussion. Problems studied include human-computer interfaces in planning, scheduling, and accounting systems, workplace designs forvarious types of teams, human error, and other ergonomics topics appropriate to themanufacturing environment. The legal and regulatory environment of the manufacturingworkplace are introduced to the design process. A design project including workplaceevaluation, analysis, and improvement proposals, is conducted with the assistance of NMSU’sAdvanced Manufacturing Center. The term “ergonomic design” is often abused in the marketing of manufacturingequipment and systems. In this course, future

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry G. Ansell

some teams still had difficulty in meeting. at this writing it appears likely that a follow-upjoint class session of about 15 minutes needs to be arranged to discuss the projects, improvebonding and, most importantly, establish satisfactory meeting times for those teams that have notyet done so. This instructor plans to facilitate a discussion among the engineering students concerningteamwork. In teaming engineering students with occupational therapy students it is intended thatthe engineering students will improve in some teamwork skills: encouraging other teammembers to contribute their thoughts; listening respectfully to other team members; promotingagreement among the team members; encouraging other team members to do a share of

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary R. Crossman

sites via interactive television (or other method) isextremely important. Logistics should be a major consideration in the development stages ofdistance education programs so that effective teaching is not compromised. However, allproblems cannot always be foreseen. Such problems must be adequately addressed as quickly aspossible. Much careful planning occurred in the preparation of ODU’s distance educationprograms, but unforeseen circumstances did occur. Eight years of experience has helped us solvemost of these problems. The following are logistical areas that should be addressed: Preparation of faculty Availability of faculty to students Exchange of homework, tests Testing

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James N. Peterson; Herbert Hess

the main campus. The only access to the site is by small plane or by a60km-long foot trail. The University plans to increase the amount of research performed at thesite, but an insufficient amount of electric power on site and the difficulty of transporting energyto the site has restricted those plans. Operating even a small fraction of the proposed researchinstruments and portable computers far exceeds the 200 watts of solar power available on site. The CFWRS commissioned a student design team from Electrical Engineering to investigate,design, build, and test a small hydroelectric generating system. This paper reports how anElectrical Engineering senior capstone student design group completed this project. First, thethree-person group

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Franklin; Ed Espin; Christopher Viers; Lawrence Fryda

) first attempted to develop anarticulated program in the spring of 1994. It was planned that this program would allow studentsfrom Malaysia to complete a diploma program at HC and then transfer to CMU to complete theBachelors of Science degree in Engineering Technology. Preliminary discussions at theadministrative levels failed to accomplish the desired outcomes largely because several key playerswere missing from the discussions. These key players include the faculty from the respectiveschools that were able to address the issues associated with course content and the staff membersthat understood the program structures of their respective schools.The second attempt to develop a program was initiated in 1996. This time, not onlyadministrators

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jess Everett; Kauser Jahan

Page 4.73.1(1998) and spring (1999) semesters.At the conclusion of four semesters of Junior and Senior clinic activities, students are expectedto:• Demonstrate expanded knowledge of the general practices and the profession of engineering through immersion in engineering project environments of moderate complexity.• Demonstrate an ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.• Demonstrate acquisition of new technology skills through use or development of appropriate computer hardware, software, and/or instrumentation.• Demonstrate understanding of business and entrepreneurial skills by developing a business plan, market plan, venture plan, or other approved instrument.• Demonstrate effective use of project and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

namedengineering programs provides the minimum requirements [1]. The Engineering Criteria 2000lists similar requirements in the form of desired competencies for an engineering graduate [2].Recent ABET visit and our desire to review, evaluate and plan for development of computerfacilities within the College of Engineering and Technology and the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering in specific, provided us an opportunity to access our current level ofcomputer use and computer facilities. This evaluation is listed in tabular form. This also providedus an opportunity to develop guidelines for meeting ABET computer use and facilitiesrequirements and plan for future developments in our program to meet Engineering Criteria 2000requirements. The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Bodruzzaman; Satinderpaul Devgan; Saleh Zein-Sabatto

namedengineering programs provides the minimum requirements [1]. The Engineering Criteria 2000lists similar requirements in the form of desired competencies for an engineering graduate [2].Recent ABET visit and our desire to review, evaluate and plan for development of computerfacilities within the College of Engineering and Technology and the Department of Electricaland Computer Engineering in specific, provided us an opportunity to access our current level ofcomputer use and computer facilities. This evaluation is listed in tabular form. This also providedus an opportunity to develop guidelines for meeting ABET computer use and facilitiesrequirements and plan for future developments in our program to meet Engineering Criteria 2000requirements. The